Combined hay and stock rack



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J.P.HANSEN. COMBINED HAY AND STOCK RACK.

No.' 590,614. Patented Spt. 28,1897.

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J. P. HANSEN. COMBINED HAY AND STOCK RACK.

No. 590,614. Patented Sept. 28, 189'?.

UNITED VSTATES FFCE@ PATENT COMBINED HAY ANDA sTooK. RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of -Letters Patent No. 590,614, datedSeptember 28, 1897. Application interfaith 27,1897. l seria No. 629,535.(No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN P. HANSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedar Falls, in the county of Black Hawk and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Combined Hay and Stock Rack, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in a combined hay and stock rack.

The object of the presentinvention is toV improve the construction of acombined hay and stock rack and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one which may be readily converted into eithera hay or stockrack and which may be employed for hauling other loads withoutnecessitatingv the removal of the body of the rack from the runninggear.

The invention consists in the construct-ion and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a combined hay andstock rack constructed in accordance with this invention and shownarranged as a hay-rack. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View of thesame. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, the parts being arranged to form astock-rack. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures 'of the drawings.

1 designates a bed or box designed to be mounted on a running-gearsimilar to any ordinary wagon bed or box, and it consists of a bottom,sides, and ends and is provided at its corners with vertical standards2, between ywhich front and rear end gates 3 and 4 are mounted.

The front end gate is mounted between cleats2a of the front verticalstandards 2 and is secured in place by a removable rod 6, and it isadapted to be elevated inthe said ways when the parts are arranged toform a hayrack.

The rear end gate, which is composed of upper and lower sections, issecured to the rear standards 2 by horizontal rods 7, 8, and

4 9. The lower section 4 is connected by .ranged to form a stock-rack.

'swung upward to provide an openingthrough which hogs may pass when theparts are ar- The intermediate rod 8 is arranged adjacent to the hingesof the sections and is located above the same,

.secured in a vertical position by the upper rods of the end gates,which pass through perforations 12 of the sides 11.

The hinges of the rack sides preferably consist of bars 13 and 14,secured, respectively, to the inner faces of the sides of the body orboX 1 and to the upper or inner faces of the rack sides. The bars 13 areprovided at their upper ends with horizontal pintles 15, which'passthrough perforations of the bars 14, andthe latter are -secured on thepintles by means vof suitable'fastening devices. The ends-of the hingedsides 11 of the .rack are preferably hinged to the vertical standards 2of the body or box 1. The body or box is provided at its upper edges, atopposite sides thereof, with strips'lG to extend the sides of thehay-rack sides when the latter are inclined.

The hinged sides 11 of the hay-rack are supported in their inclinedposition by removable oppositely-inclined transverse braces 17, eX-tending from both sides of the body, at 'the upper edges thereof. Thesebraces 17, which are arranged in recesses 18 of the sides of the body orbox 1, extend entirely across the rack sides and bear directly againstthe lower faces of the longitudinal slatsor bars and have their inner orlower ends reduced to form tenons 19, which fit in openings or sockets2O of the sides of the box or body 1.

When the 'parts are arranged to form a stock-rack, the inclined bracesare removed to clear the interior of the body or boX 1, and

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the sides and end gates can also be taken off when it is desired to usethe body or box for hauling manure, fodder, or any other load.

It will be seen that the combined hay and stock rack is simple andcomparatively inexpensive in construction, that the parts may be quicklyarranged to form either a hay or stock rack, and that the body or box ofthe same may be employed as a wagon body or box and does not have to beremoved from a running-gear when it is desired to employ the same forhauling loads other than hay or stock.

1. In a combined hay and stock rack, the combination of a box or body,the rack sides permanently hinged to the sides of the box or body atpoints above the upper edges thereof and adapted to be arranged in avertical or in an inclined position, and the oppositelyinclinedtransversely disposed detachable braces crossing each other at thecenter oi' the box or body and resting against the upper edges of thesides thereof and having their lower en ds interlocked with the oppositesides of the same at the bottom thereof, said braces being constructedseparate from the rack sides and extending entirely across the same atthc lower face thereof to form a continuous bearing or support7substantially as described.

2. In a combined hay and stock rack, the combination with a box or bodyprovided at its corners with standards, the hinged rack sides adapted tobe arranged in a vertical or an inclined position, and means forsupporting the same in such positions, of the front and rear end gatesarranged between the standards, one of the end gates being composed oftwo sections hinged together and arranged one above the other, the lowersection being adapted to swing upward to provide a passage for stock,said end gates being secured to the standards by the means employed forsecuring the rack sides in a vertical position, substantially asdescribed.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN I. HANSEN. lVitncsses:

HANS P. ANDERSEN, PETER HANSEN.

